36-year-old serviceman of the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksii Tymoshchuk died in Mechnykov hospital in Dnipro City on July 9.

This was announced by Dnipropetrovsk governor adviser Tetiana Huba on Facebook, Censor.NET reports.

"On June 29, 2017 Oleksii was extremely gravely wounded by shrapnel to his head, eyes, chest, and abdomen. Military doctors of the 61st mobile hospital were fighting for the Hero's life for two days. They operated on him, stabilized him, and were preparing for evacuation.

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